Lai Chu-en

Lai Chu-en
Personal information
Born (1996-07-23) 23 July 1996
Pingtung County, Taiwan
Sport
Country  Taiwan
Sport Boxing

Lai Chu-en (賴主恩; born 23 July 1996) is a Taiwanese boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Lai was born in Pingtung County, and is of Paiwan ethnicity.[3][4] His parents separated before he was born, leaving his mother to support him and his elder brother alone through her job as a nurse. He did not do well at school, and describes himself as having no direction in life until his decision to join the track team while in middle school. He later took up boxing, and was admitted to the National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lai Chu-en". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Taiwanese boxers win 5 medals, including 1 gold, at WUC tournament". Focus Taiwan. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017. Chen's teammate at the Rio Olympics, Lai Chu-en (賴主恩), lost his semifinal bout against Didar Utelbayev of Kazakhstan in the men's lightweight division (56-60 kg) on Friday and shared the bronze medal with Temirlan Osmonov of Kyrgyzstan.
  3. 1 2 "【今周刊】男子拳擊賴主恩 不被看好也要打出成績". Apple Daily. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Taiwan boxers to compete in Olympics for first time in 20 years". Focus Taiwan. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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